Camp Joy
Camp Joy is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 225 m. Mount Nebo stands 291 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Newheart, a park 0.7 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 15 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 225 m
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Indiana, National
- 78.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Camp Newheart: 0.7 mi
- Terri McClain Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
- Lee Camp: 4.3 mi
- Retherford Park: 6.6 mi
- Retherford Park: 6.6 mi
- Sitting Ben Franklin: 7.9 mi
- Ben Franklin: 8.0 mi
- Street Art: 8.1 mi
- Little Balser and His Bears: 8.9 mi
- The Art Alley: 9.0 mi
- Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Train Car: 8.1 mi
- War Monument: 8.3 mi
- Marion Township Memorial Stone: 9.8 mi
- Statue of St. Francis: 9.8 mi
- Johnson County Museum of History: 8.2 mi
- Grover Center: Museum and Historical Society: 8.9 mi
- Camp Atterbury Museum: 14.5 mi
- Camp Atterbury Museum: 14.7 mi
- Indiana State Police Museum: 16.9 mi
- McCrea Hill: 8.1 mi
- McFarren Hill: 8.2 mi
- Kelly Hill: 8.7 mi
- Polk Hill: 9.1 mi
- Money Hill: 9.2 mi
- Meltzer Woods Nature Preserve: 14.8 mi
- Betley Woods at Glacier's End: 18.2 mi
- Laura Hare Preserve at Blossom Hollow: 19.1 mi
- Wallace F. Holladay Preserve: 21.2 mi
- Whip-poor-will Woods: 21.7 mi
- Garfield Park Sunken Gardens: 16.1 mi
- Cottage Home Community Garden: 18.2 mi
- Growing Places Indy: 18.3 mi
- Chatham Arch Community Garden: 18.8 mi
- Garden Alley: 18.8 mi
- Memorial and External Flame: 17.2 mi
- Depew Memorial Fountain: 18.7 mi
- International Chimpanzee Complex Community Hub: 19.1 mi
- Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site: 19.3 mi
- Skyline: 19.4 mi
- Site B: 8.9 mi
- Site C: 8.9 mi
- Site A: 9.0 mi
- Riverfront Pavilion: 19.1 mi
- The Bluffs: 16.7 mi
- Fox Cliff: 24.5 mi
- Blue Bluff: 24.8 mi
- Greenfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 22.1 mi
- Greenfield Rest Area (Westbound): 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Joy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | WSW 244° | 291 m | 24.0 mi |
| Guffy Hill | SSW 199° | 287 m | 22.9 mi |
| Knob Hill | SSW 200° | 287 m | 24.0 mi |
| Renner Hill | SSW 209° | 284 m | 20.0 mi |
| Kelly Hill | WNW 297° | 264 m | 8.7 mi |
| Polk Hill | WNW 291° | 261 m | 9.1 mi |
| Donalds Knoll | WSW 247° | 258 m | 9.8 mi |
| Hog Back | ENE 57° | 258 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:20 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:35 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 16:41 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 43 | 55 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelbyville Muni AP, 8 mi away.
- Red-shouldered Hawk1 obs
- North American Wheel Bug1 obs
- Common Purslane1 obs
- Carolina Sphinx1 obs
- Grass Spiders1 obs
- Io Moth1 obs
- Spotted Orbweaver1 obs
- Common Eastern Velvet Ant1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1473198802
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